The 1812 Ovetre was rocondd on Api 195, in Nobrop Atoram, Minneapolis the Laur Spelman Roker €aion wae reser on Msy tnd wo Me Telctanken mcrophones were use or bth rts and fet, ‘Cpr don was econ on December 22,1985, unng one 201s ee UaP Rietanken micophones ao in Noni Aseram. Neiigon®| ‘ety wae recone Wry Tn Hal ate London, on kn 9, 1960. {Cannone and masts were sero at Wet Pont on Agu 301960; Th {leone 301 misphones were sad or bth si anf. Hin ri ‘rah rn on LPSDO0 the nd Capac, a SONOS Al re es store eeoded on haloes Strack tape: Cie oe weasel fr he {Runcrinch inna maser sondlansualy recorded at the orignal earns Tslr commemtarice were cde on Noemie 3 1988 (812), find Noncnber 22 and 23,158 Welt at Fe Record ip Now Yok (ison? eack quench ap, ng 9 201 microphones Recording Dino: Wima Corr (onic an fl, 1,2, 4S, an Exectine Pracer Wma Cora (3) Chet Engineer 6 Tete Supers an flo}. Robert Fie ‘Asosite Egor Rot Eben (2,4 34nd Produced munca fet) mull supers “conversion for Compact ic by Wis Coz Fine tering Engine min al eos for Comat Db: Andew Nicole Uno Note Eater Stk Clark (ly ORIGINAL. MASTERS us or transfer to Compas De Cuties) MING PRESENCE ANTAL DORATI, Conductor a343802 PETER ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN {isots93) Cope tsa (1 A812 Festival Overture, Op. $9 Wellington's Victory (The Uotgnal Seadng) "F830 Bante Utena) Op 3 MINNEAPOLIS SyMPHONY Fit Pare Bot ws ORCHESTRA 2 ond Pa ae commentary by Gas ad mse ing de she aaeiaiael 1155 ued rel We Bay capriceto talon, 1 commentary by1512 FESTIVAL OVERTURE, OF 49 CAPRICCIO HIALIEN. OF. 45 {i yas mane oer than he Fodobiabe Ladi at Beethoven ‘ehoset the pace inthe fl fs Pn bate pisces with hi Walling aro the Bale of Vira, Op 91 “he ering of Teaitonsys Centre 18/3, witht woe fea tno, church ll, an awemented rsa ws ell otcpted a ary 251769, when Gasp Sar (172 1802) i is caput Cour Cntr to Cathrine the Gres, Eomposed a Ze Beto ees Potembis capture of Otchakow from he Rik ‘Sowa that when Tehathoshy (180.185) wa commision by ‘Niche Ruintein i 80 wre 2 ene an pari pec oct Sei the Moon fet and Indisay Eid aa withthe Cathal ofthe Savor com ‘memoraeth iberation of the Russlans nm the 1812 Napoleonic invasion, ther already exe try of proce forthe une of bass fd church Bll ad cannon together hh sumphony orcs, Man scomed toladiat pena {fore he Kremlin, eth the cannon {be ied by eoctical sia fom ‘heconductors desk, whilat a pven Su the balls ofthe new Cathal, {ogee she hurd Sl Fung mall the other Kcr church ‘and towers, ere athe the dmorto th wl grand ‘grou owner the Caled eon (C18 mimua Thaihoraky muse Twas Edvard Napratr wo finally ons the premier fhe “caloway concert tthe Asso Exhition~ presumably ender or tral concert hall condone Be that at may the musa exorntive coment of eaten ‘vette alos the Rania fo fine daring and jst afer tht ate {al Sepomtor 3, 1812 when he frre of Rasa and apleont France fous ober at Borin, wth the Risin sunt allveetreating fom Mencose and Napoleon aking over he cis ont {edie out ty fire thus main ‘hes th long and datos Fete that sto drow the once pod grande ame "Te olor aed at the very “neni with ight sco clos non ins the Bymn, God Pree People. The main body of the ‘rere flo which themati {tis borate waster wt ‘ent of he Marseiase a Ides re founded forthe mot pst fon Russian fe mater, The co dd ssaon the Marsa, Stich the final statement by ten Powe of bran nd persion Fenfreed by cannon. Along can 2s forthe al string by pas the ‘ea forthe tring ofthe tide here Inthe illest brs Band a ling chure lls snd orth Solem tumiph Gad Pros Thy ProieThen comes the Ressan {uchiep theme in counterpoint to (Gd Preserve te Coa ith canon proving the thie accent {onthe hole winding up witha Fal wp of balls ad anlar of stamens nd fal orca, ‘Asin th isory-makin rina Mercury Living Presence mona ‘Reordng by Antal Doral ri the Minneapoite symphony Orcheata of Tehalorakys Overture 872 rela ‘ork was to achlot complete ‘lization as psible ofthe tent of "hecrigina Ta80 commision made to"ehaltowky fora fea pacebe pformed th symphony eres ‘ta napmeni by bras and church tell and canton. Alhoogh he ‘mance unerthes comitony, the Sore was published with al dx ration ofthe agrentton an spe ‘alts ‘The and notation Irate no ies othe fall ‘repre indicated. The moment ‘St ety and ratio or he clan three ews nde ‘na sepratelin ofthe al score bat no spe patel oF figuration hwn-ohich wold sem topic thin clement othe ‘fects rather than music pes "Float an authentic rene can ‘ring the War of 181, Mercury ‘ee agin called upon the Marcum tkvheU'S. Mary Nady at ese Poin With the help cooperation the Pui Inkrmatin Oc at the Academy and Miscum Curator ‘Gra’. Stowe cannon No 87 oom ‘Sind Tophy Pons ms hose as the ida cannon for thi recog For maximum stereo elec, Castor problems encountered during the Fecordinga the cannon for Merc monaural cae of the 112 Overture feta heavy twehe-pourl sige cannon ruling "inner charge of powder should be ted A bronte cannon was sled tecae thre wasn anger his Scapa raching defo as. For Tring the canon, Mr Stowe sed ‘entra formal to determine the ‘omer anoint of black poder ‘eau. The cannon weighed! 3.80 Page was desianed apd onsite ‘then oak stand up tthe all ‘hare of our pounds black ro ‘errand ght with wet paper Sweding” Cannon No, 87 on made Jn Dou, France on fue 90,178 fe bar or the ere er fet isnrpion "Le Constant or The the day when Russi ant capital ot Moscow aed more than $00 bales that hen these war all rg ot hearer Hime for some peat ly 38 Impasibie or people o speak sechether onthe erect The most Intrive concentration ofthese ells ‘nase found nthe tered ‘Shree othe Krom and om the Stjpinng Rea Square—thcr ice taneing frm bilan high-pitched ‘Ses tthe one-bundrson mo empanion be of vrs in the Raver lathe Great at the Kremlin. Thoth bel fade Rissa dates vom deer Sate the blkof Rin are never sng \oand fo aun England the onary potion a th lp pos ple by ropes. Ona fesse ‘een, the onal bells can of ‘ours. berimgby asin person at fora onctundreton gant Sach a8 that in the tomer of an te Grea me are ede wo pal the clapper from one ide othe or: The i I patra Rusa este al ing hat of iia bells sed In Reine with tht siee—the all one ery fat and high in cy boning pal pon. coe nal eit ell ‘nerure 787, iw dodo ‘score mage aura Speman Recker Memorial Carin at he Rivers Church, ‘Thanks he cooperation of Cae [fitch nd carlonneur Kane tere of the Ree Cc the inmrumen rofesionals became a realy “The Laura Spelman Rocker Memo Caron ae af of fon Ditech Jet hws flange ‘tthe carton nce the largest and Teri tne bl the wor 40926 pounds and measures 12212 inches diameter and abou hesamen eight. The tit Stale alls re ape ince fortes athe vest ofthe ‘ower wlth a sounding Boor 13x 1 feet paced abe them to rele ther wd ns downward ‘irecton, ‘The aillon salton Includes both singing nd station anybal The aillon cups the vst el: fry atthe very top of the 392 Fo kere Church Tower The cai Tomstrvtare inet ome lare steel framework, suspending ile oner fine handed one els, making {otal wept of ewe te handed thousand pound “The caclon was played y Atevere rom acetal ean hgh in thetower sma the coor el ‘Theclaicis Piste ong. Two. rows of ken lve choraatally ltvanged: represent te ese The Teng lever, eumpaabi to the eyeon the plano or organ poet Sines beyond te clave ras the bor one representing he ‘lack ots projet 3 inches om the liner‘ peda bard hss range of hry-three noes, alas The chromatic otter concent feces rom th cee le bench. The i area be are fance while the remaining sine Batis replayed and an foe “Trecord the el forth stereo version of Tehahenays Overture 1872, Merry hang them ‘hones for three-car seco Fecording high nthe el ower The let chanel microone use shone, tothe bel th ah channel Inirophone canes tothe mea plied bel, with the cement Tnllnc hig ptched balls Some Sex tnthe entire cron ws ‘ofcourse: lee up ball er ones, eating the sonorous ing Ing mecatry forthe denied fc ‘The igh bes were ate ecco ‘vo the fo els to heighten eer fare he brant bel ones ‘then heard with the mone Torrelesse on Compact Diss the ign anatgue Strack manic and ‘lec apes er aed Schone tat the steer oui leroy the erplete “namic range alleen of ‘music canra ol nd tamorous balls for which hie oconding hoe een so widely arian, ‘CAPRICCIO TIALIEN, OF 45, ‘iting companion tthe (verte 1872 the bilan coor fu eapica ato. Compose {othe work wat intended ‘Tehshovey asa aks “poplar” Doce Thi it hava righ ature, Fomce wrote tom Ramet wil hover effete Boer the wo erhalten happened to pick tp pay fom publ lei, ‘parton te sr The scoring for very al corchet,eaturing a does hock spe tian ad tambourine in the percuron setae wel ‘nds, sugmenting the oral ym oni oe, WELLINGTON'S vicToRY, OF 91 sis Vira, Si Ahn Walley inter tbe Deo Welton — soundly whipped 2 Frenchy {der Ring Sine Bonaparte and Mapa Jourdan, and dove out of ‘Spain back nto Francs This made ‘ham Napoleonic Earopeans Rape: Sra thowand miko he mst rare to celta the event in ‘mow unusual way Thee wre Thiam Bethe 1770827, ‘sham etenfndy Hanus about and fiend of amano are bat etd Ate named ann Nepemok Moc. Mail wasn ade ‘sthasor of amare mind He eevee aoc! ager that oul play caaly aches. He tlkn immed an eurtvumpet which “dead i wo Bevo Fly Iejmented the panharmonicon = ‘ont mechanical orchestral machine, fu by alr reste ard inorpratiog Aten tmp drs, cya tales rng srk by amt,ling lon, aed lr Macc! ha tay et Bethoven sockets wo Bethonen aren rad First had the tea Wacom ict bod ally hn ath Bosthoven rote the mtn accord ‘wih what the machin could, “The behemoth ad tobe eis forthe Bate Sumphons Ml el sagged hat Beton mean adaptthe score fo tones. He dd ond thes made a tdy ‘im He repented: and hey mad lomo the scoeson he rounds tat Fea paid or Ts thnew Hechter iat ay he es not fave a concert pertnmance ofthe Fico for hive ole beet he wa doing thy Mac! mee Since the wo men had schema 0 Joie cestion, Bewthonen now wrote open leterothe manic Eon, uring then pun the farts Johann Nepomak be he ved, He alo ied st Vion, Maclel never got to London and Sen he all rturnd to Wena Bootoven called he late ‘hereon ale split the ems sith hie ‘Thy seem ohare ue ond each other prety wl Mtl Incdctly spent is st 2eara tthe Ute Sate, demon pce ale Fie Burg of Moon ‘iecthonen hal beens Bert Emptor Then cthven scratched tut he Nopoleonicddiestion onthe hepa the Fon Sr Seas dit ode the defeat the Empor'roher by the Beth "hey hi, "Besthwen say ad mc in siting ths man. Patel wae ‘eathony wb wrateanoveare Called 1512 man yeas stor nd ‘robbs by Sir Wiliam Wao, eho ‘rote a mucteally armored charge for motion per elle Hey ABOUT THIS RECORDING ‘This Mercury ivng Presence recording of Beethoven symphonic exenea prof of eondertle ‘raged nich nce chests a percussion, umber offs washes and a bate of ed ery compen the basic element Indians the masa force were ‘ployed i the flloeng wanes Tn Beethoven verso the Introduce themselves and present their musical crete tore ‘tens in ble. Fi we hea the raver drummers ato pl ‘tes inte dinate, ctr rus ‘nd intense i thundering or fishes hen, above the tl of the drummers steady ral umpets Sud bate ey: the als eap {his ant fonane wats rousing ertormance of Ra: Brana From tr sie, the French naj ‘vith ther om rp nae [lua the war sg hllleck Fava fen gre. Falling thee preliminaries the French chllege the Ena oi, siving trumpet call ‘The Engh acc, hong back the olin eal wih thoi higherpched Esa amp ‘Theta commences ‘Now the main ences tos ‘ner Throughout the clamores ba te the Balsa French rumpets ‘aye her tiny rom her ‘epee siden, rallsing the ps Mosk voles and cannon shots punctate the music. Altera whi, ‘Se boie that only te Enis ow arena. The Bish have fined the upper and and the ary ‘titnaparte ally shudders toa Sain pathetic, minorkey version ‘the Malick tune. AVcion | Finale, featuring izrons agatreatment of od Sethe King ‘wemendousconchnion In his orchestral score of Mtns Veo: Beethoven xed ‘he exact pole athich each of the 15 canst wa to ed, esgnaing the Engi aly by inca of a ack dt andthe Trench bys hl dot Thee dts pea athe head of ach poge tthove tel rexpetve Bats ad mem Sure. The ney direction ad ‘Rison the mt shot ar pre ‘Sal indicate bythe symbol a Smetional nation ech oly eproncted bya rll note AL the eight of the hari 36 opposing Sides dacharge ther weapons sia Shorea two conceneated valley rusk ee ard wihina tre ace The intensive and profonged notre the rng noes the {heal as many dierent sounding Shs posite. Accordingly seven ‘lock rushes and thee cannons el ith vasa chases fom er ranging rom oneal o one an tne al pounds wore tse forthe Inasccluded aes the US the authentic sounds eat Ninccenhsentury gunfire ‘ot mize londing ld artery and Tack meshete ofthe type ne or the present recording, Getld Stowe, Erato the Wes Pont Planned and coordinated the deta tthe ring selected te i pt “rts ore brings cannons nd 3 trehe-pound bongs howhase Special naval cartes ha ‘consrcted for hese pounders to replace the original gun eae, ‘hich a long sine ted au hese carta supplied by mem Pivot the Soa New feseyUisht Thesweapons Sine French cannon was made at ‘Commisone of Foundries ‘rip 884 pound nd bears the ‘ile was made by W, fivefoot, 656 und field pce fs Inserind wt Eg Rona {Corum Some salen nt ‘han the sieyruner the howler ‘Sage une sesding "ecthorens indcstions the Pench ano wan paced on teeta Aer wes whee othe center “hyce microphone, upended fm Sethe tring line, relayed the sound {the canmonade tothe mele tance away Alongside the trick ws the mmor or” apen seth thckkaadpeaters werent Te fomone were ocarged sada: inimpre and in btery fe th al hee guna bein edi rapid Secession We paper ing a9 ‘amd dome muerte ovr charge order produce eg of feny project being Soca the gun bare, Tach steers rnd "arte compton ofthe ann fing Mr Suave and Rotor here the cmon creer Any Ugh ier una tey sie he French and Engh ‘Mikes Alumina el wos Inthe teading of these weapons ‘ronan wad prope Charciepater $9 caliber mis ies worenaacaed ater F9 “hm encontrar ‘esac held ote socks by mean ‘time nn andthe ne eh ‘conimthbopenc Te Bich Srv the type used diving the tren of Geng These weapons ‘pel ares mount seventeen event Mon thos meet shore were recoded historia, ote hese iluminating Iucksround noteson the use ofthe love weapons seta combat: “The prong ate of ‘Napoeos day wes wat Called the inca sytem, Solin in tate formation were deploned lone Sli of wo, this, or mote ranks oop extending ayer oma fee handed sande a sveral sn length List nfs formed 9 i= ‘mish inn fron whl cavalry pr "eed the fans. Sno bore tmurale leading ry sas {ranged in bates wo oF more fps ated othe ine. When the Enc began cn ins Pale back tt hein whore ‘Sonn te fied "Pld guns ied slid hot ot ght builng and at evar and woop along ange: Si pounders suchas nc wed in hs cording could ‘row ald shot re tha 200 Sara, although 900 yards was the Uhl range. Whon dhe cram dre ‘ea the gun mize. the canner cers loaded tei weapons with Eanister or grapeshot eecive st $00 sade at 250 30 yard, eae tel Thor rea ene fe men tomcannon. and «weld sre ‘Sul two shed shots amine “The infantyan the per ener foght sarang vp bees Firweapon was maze lating I ‘vandal enought oa ft ie Encling or moving bat imposible ‘shile prone When bl shoe Ih he urs ies seo 120 yard I fired Tal. Cards were made pop finda mar hat have wd th bite the arr an onde ur some poser (abet steams) the pom He hon pred the remainder dev the mural ‘rammed the popes a ea bal ‘rer rammed the re lod Sih atetal rammed. The wrepen tas hen Brought up othe abel fecked and red po he sr ‘mand ofthe ofece” Apo whee oul ge of two or thie aimed ‘ote minute alfough he had boutons mist never eight 0 ten rounds The Mot had tobe since Heenan coe dd mt ‘hanged epprniately cvey fal frindctinite Backend mony ean ‘tect the cannon and masts hd The inteation of cannon ah eve with tra pres music fe into the rhea wore Thin ona ack mas ‘tellin etry inl he ters foc mine a flee hive of fie teeta, maser bese or preparing he Compact tape recndingscontaning 1)” De Canaan she fii as fmusie (2 nals ean.) fRastmbled and syehronized ast French cannon (4 Egish muskets, otha mits a fnd(S) Pench musket For mink bao ake vantage ide tmum vertey ar velom, cana dynamic range of Cb ted psoas sheaf varying mires an intrsi- realy spss they se ‘Srwere aed and nswormmaket thee” enstemeat of ie sections alladesare alike Thesprchn thei und of he musi and the ‘ation a the mil ad miltory see ereron sry er omponens wae mor undertake tryed thong th sone PirteinGomanings Alora Shae iyMERCURY LIVING PRESENCE 4943602 oo) WELLING TONS vicTORY oi Beare Be hee ANTAL DORATI, LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA “TWO 6-POUND SMOOTH-BORE BRONZE CANNONS & 12:POUND HOWITZER, FRENCH CHARLEVILLE-PATTERN MUSKETS & BRITISH GROWN BESS MUSKETS, COURTESY U.S. MILITARY ACADEMY, WEST POINT, NEW YORK ‘CANON & MUSKET FIRING UNDER THE OIRECTION OF GERALD C.STOWE BY THE REACTIVATED CIVIL WAR UNIT, BATTERY 8, 2ND NEW JERSEY LIGHT ARTILLERY MERCURY LIVING PRESENCE wT yp sense USUS™ CAPRICCIO ITALIEN Beethoven: Wellingtoris Victory Spoken conmerory by 0h TAHLOR ANTAL DORATI Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra University of Minnesota BRASS BAND BRONZE CANNON, Douay, France (1775) BELLS of the Laura Spelman Rockefeller Memorial Carillon The Rivertide Cherche